Milk-rack and refrigerator.



N0. 6734x070. #atenten om. 3, 1899.

A. M. SMITH. Y MILK BACK AND REFRIGERATOR.

(Applinntion tiled Feb. 4, 1899.).

(No Madam VIo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW M. SMITH, oF FALLS CREEKQFENMSYLVANTA.

MILK-RACK ANLv Reemer-:RATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part` of Letters Patent No. 634,070, dated October 3, 1899. Application led February 4,1899. Serial No. 704,567. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ANDREW M. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Falls Creek, in the county of Gleareldand State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and nseful Milk-Rack and Refrigerator, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention Vis in the nature of a device in which to carry bottled milk, ythe object of the invention being to provide for the use of milkmen and others a convenient carryingreceptacle for bottled milk by means of which the milk may also'be kept cool.A l I With this object in view my ihventionconsists in a water-tightbox or case adapted to be carried in a wooden frame or 'crate and supplied with a Wire-netting rack or vfalse bottom, a bottle-rack thereon, and a central ice basket or chamberythe improved construciion, arrangement, landombination of the parts of which will bel hereinafter fully describedy and afterward specifically pointed ont in the claims. A

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertainsv to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its constructiongand operation, having reference to the accompanying drawwith holes B' near the top of its ends to fa-V cilitate handling, the wooden crate A being also provided with handles A', similarly situated.

' C indicates la metallic frame of the proper size to lit within the water-tight box B. This Figure l is a detail perspective view of the cover for the ice-cage. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the ice-cage. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the bottle-rack. Fig. 4 is aV similar view of the false bottom or`wire-'nett`ing- Fig. 5 is a similar view of the Water-tight box. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the invention, the parts being assembled in their operative positions.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts throughout all the figures of the drawings. f

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates a wooden crate or frame to serve as a' receptacle and protector Vfor a longitudinalV metallic box B, made water-tight and formed frame supports a wirefnetting or other openlwork D, inthe center of which is secured a metallic frame E. Fl indicates an inverted metallic pan or rack provided with any suitable number of openings F of the proper size to receive and hold upright the usual bottles, in which milk is carried. Flanges G are raised in the center of the rack F and are provided with notches G. v H indicates a wire or other open-work cage or basket adapted to lit in the frame composed of the flanges G of the bottle-rack and the frame E of the false bottom D. This cage `or basket is provided at its upper edge with outwardlyand downwardly projecting hooks H to engage in the notches G of the bottlerack, whereby the cage is suspended with its bottom a short distance above the bottom of the box B when the parts are assembled. A lid-I is provided to fit over and close the top of the cage or basket H, notches l' being provided to t over the hooks I-I.

In use the box B is set in the wooden rack orV frame A, the false' bottom C Dis placed in Athe box. B, resting upon the frame thereof,

the bottle-rackF is nextplaced in position resting upon the network D of the false bottom and prevented from moving about in the box by means of spring-fenders F2 on its onter sides, which t with moderate pressure against the inside of the box B, and the cage y H is inserted in the central openings in the bottle-rack F and .the false bottom, being supported by the hooks H', engaging in the .notches G of the fianges G. Filled bottles may now be stored in the openings F in the bottle-rack F, ice deposited in the cage H, y

and the lid I placed in position to close the top of the cage, When the whole device will be ready for practical use.

By the use 'of my invention milkmen and others may carry bottled milk from place to lplace, preserving the bottles against breakage and at the same time keeping the milk co'ol .and pure, and while I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying ont my invention I Vdo not wish to be understood as restrictingmyself to the exact details-of construction shown and described, but hold that any slight changes orvariations therefrom such as might sug- IOS gest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would be clearly com prehended within the limit and scope of my in vention.u

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire lo secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A milk-rack provided With a 'false bottom of network, an inverted pan-shaped bottle-rack having suitable openings in which to stand the bottles while resting upon the false bottom, the false bottom and bottlerack having central openings surrounded by vertical flanges, andan open-Work ice-cage adapted to be seated in the central openings referred to and provided' with hooks for suspending it upon the flanges surrounding the Witnesses:

C. E. BosTWIcK, M. W. SMITH. 

